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Have you ever considered taking the option to learn German language lately? If you do, then how thankful you really are since learning this incredible language has really something to do with your scientific career!

Yes, there is indeed an influence when it comes to learning German relative to science. Do you know that German language is the inner link between the scientific community and the business of science?

Whether we accept this fact or not, science is also a business actually; a thought that most die-hard scientists don’t agree with. But it’s true. Science is also a business just like any other profession. If you are familiar with how the business runs its course, scientific researches cannot be properly implemented without financial assistance; and this is then where business takes its place.

In fair view to both aspects, businesses are greatly necessary in order to continue the funding of the important work that leads to all kinds of scientific advancement. And do you know that in order to truly connect with the scientific community, you need to learn German at language school? You need to learn German fast, that’s why you need these schools to educate you.

According to Language Rocket, German language is not just limited to the scientists of Germany. “In fact, it has become the standard as some of the greatest scientific minds are flourishing or emerging from Austria, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and even Switzerland. All of the science greats of these countries are fluent in German, but not all are fluent in English.

“It’s a highly competitive community as we all race for equality and advancement on our home court as well as around the globe. Young scientists are realizing the necessity for fluent German and are have become remarkably fluid before they even enter college. They continue to study the language as they stride forward, which means that the younger scientists will all be flooding the gates with a wonderful fluidity in the language.”

See how advantageous German language learning is for a person who relates to science? That’s why you shouldn’t be having second thoughts to learn and master this language anymore. Your decision to expand yourself with the language that recounts science is really something that you should do in priority.

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Could you possibly believe that that will be groups of people that would make a decision to learn one of the most intricate languages? Well, believe it or not, though we can say that this is indeed possible in these times already, people particularly in Kansas University have increased its number of students because they learn Chinese language.

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Just as Daisy Wakefield posted, “the student-led board of Chinese Students and Scholars Friendship Association at Kansas University is structured more like a business than a student group.” This is incredible information for an educational institution in America

Very interesting, isn’t it? Wakefield even detailed how students from China who are studying in Kansas University have increased from 233 in 2005 to more than 900 in 2011. To rank it in percentage, there are approximately 41 percent of all international students at KU. In fair view to this, the Chinese Students and Scholars Friendship Association is considered to be the largest foreign student group in the university. How’s that for a language influence?

Do you know that “among the top 10 nations sending students to KU, the number of students coming from China is rising much more quickly than any other nation? In fact, detailed by the author, KU is not alone in the Chinese students’ invasion in America’s universities. Other universities across the United States have been invaded by students from China as well. In general, the increasing trend among this incursion increased in more than 100 percent.

“Globalization has allowed the common Chinese person to broaden their perspectives on different types of education. Along with that, the economy in China has improved significantly in recent years, so that many families have the resources to send their children abroad for study,” says Yong Bai, one of KU’s faculty advisers to the Chinese students.

One of the Chinese students named YuQi Gao is actually not very wealthy, but his parents sent him to a school like KU. “The reason I came here is because in China, a student’s life is very intense. There is no leisure time — only studying and preparing for exams. I wanted to be able to learn real skills in my education, rather than just studying to pass exams.”

You see, students in KU who have not passed the TOEFL must pass a standardized English test before beginning their academic coursework. Until they do, they must take classes at the Applied English Center at KU. That is one advantage that Chinese immigrants are taking advantage of— that some foreign language schools are also preparing for them.

June has always been a much-awaited month to all men, especially to all the fathers all over the world. Why? Because June is the month to which Father’s Day is acknowledged. Though some countries celebrate Father’s Day on May, July, August, September, October, and November, still Father’s Day is the day to which fathers are honored by celebrating their paternity and roles as fathers in the society.

As persons who want to acknowledge Father’s Day this June 20th, you can think of numerous ways to recognize it. You could treat your Dad in his favorite restaurant, go fishing with him in his favorite lake, or just simply hand a letter to him that greets his day in a simple but exceptional way. In this regard, you could think of saying “Happy Father’s Day” in different languages. Here are the lists of different translations as follows.

Albanian: Gëzuar ditën e babait
Armenian: Բարի հայրերու օր:
Arabic: كل عيد أب وأنت بخير
Belarusian: Шчаслівы Дзень бацькі
Bulgarian: Честит Ден на бащата
Catalan: Feliç Dia
Chinese: 父亲节快乐
Croatian: Sretan Očev dan
Czech: Happy Den otců
Danish: Happy Fars dag
Dutch: De gelukkige Dag van Vaders
Finland: Hyvää Isänpäivää
French: Jour de pères heureux
German: Gl¨¹cklicher Vatertag
Greek: χρόνια πολλά
Hebrew: האב המאושר של היום
Hindi:हैप्पी पिता का दिवस
Hungarian: Boldog apák napját
Icelandic: Hamingjusamur faðirinn’s Day
Indonesian: Selamat hari ayah
Italian: Giorno di padri felice
Japanese: 幸せな父の日
Korean: 해피 아버지의 �
Latvian: Tēva diena
Persian: روز پدر مبارک
Polish: Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji dnia ojca
Portuguese: Dia de pais feliz
Brazilian Portuguese: Feliz dia dos pais
European Portuguese: Feliz dia do pai
Romanian: Ziua Tatălui
Russian: Счастливый день отцов
Serbian: Срећан Очево дан
Slovak: Všetko najlepšie ku dňu otcov
Spanish: Feliz Dia del Padre
Swedish: Grattis på farsdagen
Tamil: Thanthaiyar Thina NalvaazhththukkaL
Turkish: Babalar günü kutlu olsun
Urdu: یوم والد مبارک

These variations are based on online translators, so if you find some of these words erroneous, feel free to comment or correct them. Likewise, if you know other languages prior to these mentioned, feel free to add up as well. We are aiming to reach the number of 50 languages, so just adjoin in your choice of language.

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Modern technology has been forwardly progressing from time to time. In the field of language learning, new and better methods are daily being discovered. Just like what Deidra Hughey wrote in one of her articles online, that there is a very good method to learn Japanese through the use of mobile language learning applications.

These applications, according to Hughey, help learners “speak Japanese in a shorter amount of time than the average learning programs, with little to no cost”. Unlike the usual language programs to which learners are “required to adjust to their styles,” language learning applications on mobiles allow students to learn Japanese on their own suitable and available time. And on top of that, these apps “don’t cost a lot money and they are entertaining enough to hold your attention and help cut your learning time down dramatically.” Interesting, isn’t it?

Now, one application Hughey discusses is Surusu. This application can be used by any mobile units with its spaced repetition system or SRS. Unlike other language programs to which learners are required to learn a particular lesson in a given time, Surusu can save sessions even if the students decides to log out of it for a while. The next time they log in, learners will just simply review their lessons and apply the system. The best thing about Surusu is that its pace is based on the learners’ performance and not its schedule.

Discussing Surusu’s features, Hughey portrays it as customizable because learners can add notes to the lessons while reviewing them. This app program to help the studen learn the words he or she has difficult with. For example: the program displays the least known word more often than the rest of the words, this helps the student advance quicker in its learning. Like what was conferred earlier, learners can review Japanese words as many times as they want. Likewise, if learners need to know further information prior than the term itself, they can just add in some definitions and sentences to fully understand how the word is being used. Lastly, the best part of Surusu is it’s free. What a benefit!

So are you interested in learning Japanese with your mobile phone? If you have an iPhone for yourself, then you can use other downloadable language learning applications. Embrace your suitable method in learning languages and see how incredible it is to learn other foreign languages.

An Asian decided to go to Europe for the purpose of enrolling in a Language School. After finishing her Bachelor course, she decided to learn a language abroad. It’s going to be her first time away from her parents, friends, and native country. She will go to a place where everything will be so new to her: the culture, the people she will mingle with, and the group of foreign people she will soon work with. She believes that enrolling in a Language School will help her get out from her shell—the shell of intimidation and immaturity.

Can you relate to this? To those people who will go abroad for employment or educational purposes, they will certainly undergo cultural and lingual adjustments. Traveling abroad may be enjoyable to many, but to some this is a whole new challenge, especially if they never had any experiences in other countries. Like the new graduate you read from the previous paragraph, she decided to enroll in a Language School abroad to break her language barrier. Language Schools are prepared to help students that undergo this culture shock and help them adapt to their new surroundings. These is why many schools provide a great variety of courses that can satisfy the needs of different people.

Out Italian Language School in Viareggio makes learning languages possible to the elderly. It organizes Italian Courses for Seniors dedicated to mature people of all ages. The mentioned course is visualized for learners to study several cultural activities, including free guided tours to different main sights on selected times throughout the week. Through this, learners can have fun in a pleasing and relaxing environment while learning Italian languages. This is also one way of getting to know other people and meet new set of friends.

If all language schools will promote not just the excellence of language learning but also the adjustments and comfort of every learner, they will certainly persuade aspiring students to enroll in their respective language schools. Likewise, if learners are satisfied with the schools’ accommodation, they will surely recommend this language school to his or her friends, word of mouth is the best marketing strategy. In that way, the school’s credibility will increase, and more learners will be encouraged to learn languages. And the best of it, Language Schools aid learners in their maturity and development, thus helping individuals become better persons.

The moment I read an editorial related with this topic, it amused me. Could it be possible that women are more competent than men in terms of language learning? If you are a woman reading this article, it will probably compliment you. To men, however, this may serve as a fact and a paradigm at the same time because this is based on the experience of one person.

Jon Lewis, a teacher and adviser to language learners, concluded such details. As a teacher, the scientific reality that  men score higher in mathematics and women in language tests are proven through his experiences—seeing how his students perform in his classes. During  conversational classes, his female students are often the ones who participated more and were particularly involved with the class, because they asked more questions and talked more. In this regard, women are the ones who are perceptibly progressing. Why do you think this is?

“Women are simply more interested in human beings than men”, Lewis stated. “They genuinely mean it when they ask ‘how are you?’ Being wives and mothers may have something to do with it, I mean; they are conditioned by society to be the ones that care. Men, on the other hand, are less interested in people and more interested in things, notably, cars, computers, gadgets, etc.” Do you agree with this statement?

This article is not intended to discriminate men and appraise women. In fact, this will challenge both genders in excelling their learning progress. Constructive competition will rise to both men and women, and eventually, they’ll discover that their “competition” becomes the key to unleash both potentials. Since men excel more in analysis and women in comprehension, both genders are contributors to one another.

What do you think of this article? Does Jon Lewis express his perception fairly? Feel free to respond and articulate your point of view.

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The success of language learning is not developed overnight. With its gradual, step-by-step methods, a learner will undergo different levels of obstacles and challenges. Sometimes, learners will attempt to suspend their learning because it appears like they are not moving forward or improving their language skills. And even by trying out different methods, sometimes, they are still not motivated to learn and just decide to call it  “quits”.

If you really want to improve and learn a new language, you need to work hard. After a while you will see that the effort has worth your while. This post is dedicated to one person who has made a difference and is an example to language learners out there, Joanne Lee. Out of her eagerness to learn, this champion overcome all of her language barrers and has achieved her goal with excellent results.

The Herald-Mail issued an article about a current event where a youngster by the name of Joanne Lee, who presently,  is the frontrunner of the Washington Country Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. The thirteen-year old student, is famous for earning prestigious trophies by winning the Spelling Bee in her sixth, seventh, and eighth year. On June 2nd of this year, Joanne, together with the other 274 contestants across United States, will represent the Washington County Public Schools on the mentioned Spelling Bee.

This may sound ordinary compared to other brilliant students, but Joanne is no ordinary apprentice since English is not her native language.  Joanne’s mother, Hsiu-Hsueh Schubel, was an immigrant from Taiwan to the United States in the 1990s. Naturally, Hsiu-Hsueh was not a good English speaker when Joanne was still a toddler, so she wasn’t able to teach English to her daughter. Instead, she allowed Joanne to speak Mandarin Chinese around their house and her daughter started developing bad habits when trying to speak English.

Because Joanne resides in an English-speaking country, Hsiu-Hsueh had to expose her to a foreign language class in her younger age. And when Joanne started to go to school, she had to double her learning skills by taking up special English classes.

Sounds easy right? But it’s not. Even if children are generally absorbable to what their environment teaches them, you have to consider the attention span these children can contain, particular on traditional classroom set ups. In Joanne’s case, she enables herself to learn both basic classroom lessons and extra English language classes—all at the same time. Usually, she may result only as an average pupil in school, but her results are even remarkable. She excels so much with her language lessons to the extent of lifting her up to the present level she is in right now. Isn’t it amazing?

This is actually great news to those who look at language learning a tedious fad to study. But if only learners could entail this as a stepping stone to great success, then they will pursue such learning. See how rewarding Joanne’s effort has been, when her mom says: “[Joanne] had to go through this language barrier all by herself, it made me very proud of her.” Her efforts were never counted in vain. Instead, it made her into a champion.

The number of people learning languages everyday is increasing and the people who are learning languages are from various age ranges. From young children to adults over 50, language learning is more than just a fad but an endeavor that has various benefits.

In recent news about language learning programs in the United Kingdom, about a fifth or twenty percent of primary schools in England could miss the government target to offer language teaching by 2010.

The National Foundation for Educational Research or NFER says that the overall language provision in primary schools is increasing. There is a target for language lessons to be available to UK students aged from seven to eleven by 2010 since languages will become compulsory on the following year.

Educational ministers have said that the strategy to get pupils learning earlier was working. Many primary schools are already offering language programs to the young because in 2004, language courses have ceased to become compulsory for secondary school pupils after the age of fourteen.

The Department for Children, Schools and Families has commissioned NFER to establish the progress being made by language programs in primary schools. The results have found that in 2008, 92% of the primary schools in the UK were offering languages in some form. The results show a 22% increase form the previous number of primary schools in 2006. The researching body has also found that majority of the primary schools were “making good progress” towards offering the full course privilege.

The research results of NFER however, have found that up to 18% of the primary schools in England will not be able to offer language programs in their schools. A higher fraction of schools, just about 26%, may not be ready to implement language programs as part of the required curriculum in the year 2011. Almost 30% of primary schools are not currently offering language learning to their pupils.

Some of the reasons why some primary schools are not offering language programs to their pupils is that they are experiencing difficult circumstances such as school meals and such. Another of the major barriers the NFER has found was the lack of time to fit language programs into lessons.

A research study by Cambridge University has found that a majority of head teachers in schools feel that there is a lack of continuity linking the primary and secondary school language learning. Almost 50% of the head teachers asked for the research have said that a language should be compulsory after the age of fourteen for most pupils. If students learn languages from primary school and continue until secondary school, they will most likely learn languages better and have use of what they have learned in future endeavors.

In Edson, Alberta, Canada the populace with the passion for something international can now turn to their local library for free and interactive instruction on how to learn a new language. The Edson Library has a free program offered online called Tell Me More. It is a program that is free for anyone who has an Alberta public library card.

With Tell Me More, different languages can be learned. English speakers can learn French, Italian, Dutch or German and many other languages. Learners who are new to Canada and would want to learn English can learn English. The participants of the program log in to the internet program using their library card number and then they choose whether they want to learn either the spoken elements of the language or grammar, or both.

Tell Me More starts off by asking the participants to take a placement test which will assess what level of difficulty of the language they should tackle. The program then gives the users the opportunity to take advantage of a lot of individual lessons. The lessons range from reading questions and typing answers to listening to questions and answering back. One of the amazing features of the program is that the participants of the program will be able to learn various lessons at his or her own pace.

The Edson Library provides a headset with microphone and earphones so that the language learners can repeat what they have heard and exercise their oral skills of the language that they are learning. At the library, a computer has been set up in a quiet room so that participants can have access and use Tell Me More.

Tell Me More participants who can access the program at home should have a microphone and speakers for their computers in order to use the interactive features of the program.

The organizers of the program hope that Tell Me More will catch on since there are patrons of the library who are looking to learn different foreign languages. Aside from these patrons and a number of new Canadians, who are looking forward to learn English as a second language, the program is expected to be beneficial to the locals.

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In Wahneta, Florida the staff of the Wahneta Elementary School has found a way to combine in-school learning with community outreach to benefit the students and their families. The kindergarten teacher of the school teaches English to Spanish speaking parents at the school on Thursday nights.

There are tree programs offered in the school to pursue the mission that parents and students will be able to break language barriers. One program teaches English on several levels to the parents of the children; another program gives bilingual instruction for children in kindergarten through second grade; then there is another program which helps children deal with anger through the Positive Academic Success program through a grant with the University of North Carolina.

The elementary school is busy during Thursday evenings since parents from the community, both males and females make their way to the school to learn the English language. The program helps these parents to learn English so that they can communicate in English and be more productive in their lives.

Most parents who cannot communicate in English by themselves go to school during the day and get their children out of school in order to assist them in their errands by letting their children interpret for them. The aim of the school program is to teach these parents the English language so that they can go about their activities by themselves without having to disrupt their children during school hours.

The parents who are learning English come to school in classes with twenty to thirty students. The classes have two bilingual teachers and the parents learn to speak, read, and write in English. Some of the parents can already speak English and carry on a conversation but then they do not know how to read or write in the language. That is why the program teaches all levels of the English language from beginning to more advanced lessons.

The parents are supporting the program and the children are helping out their parents because they are delighted that their parents are learning the language. There are no fees charged for the classes. The teachers keep going with the program because they see the need of the parents. The program is paid for through a three-year grant and the grant pays for the teachers’ salaries.

Another program in the school encourages the students to become bilingual. The children send half day for English only classes and another half day where they only speak and write in Spanish.

The teachers in the school are looking forward to their students to become bilingual not only with English and Spanish but with other languages as well.